Medical admission likely to be online in Gujarat

8/25/2016

AHMEDABAD: The admission to the Medical and Para Medical Courses is likely to be conducted online from September 3. This is the first time that the admission are to be conducted online for medical and dental courses.

Officials said that the Admission Committee for Medical Professional Courses (ACMPC) which meet on Friday to decide on the admission for the medical, dental and para medical colleges decided that they would have online admission for the medical and dental courses. The officials said the admission would soon begin after the admission to the All India Quota was over.

The officials said that they will give two mock rounds to the students before taking up the first allocation of the seats is taken up. The officials said even the details programme will be declared soon.

The officials said that the final decision will be taken in consultation with the expert team of Medical Council of India after they arrive in Ahmedabad on Monday. The Medical council of India has set September 3 to September 5 as the deadline for completing the admission for Medical and Dental courses.

However, the Government will take a final call on the admission to the management and NRI quota. The ACPMC officials said that have only three days to complete the admission and hence they would be required to go online. The officials said that the expert online team will discuss the issue with the MCI members.

There are around 26,000 forms which were filled up for the 11,000 odd medical and para medical courses in the state.